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it is time to change course in the middle east. that should be organized around these bedrock principles -- america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our minds. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our results to defeat them. no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's ability to back up our words. i will put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran, and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i will restore the permanent presence of aircraft carriers and task forces in both the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i will work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace, we must make clear to iran for actions, not just words, that their nuclear pursuits will not be tolerated. i will reaffirm our historic ties
it is time to change course in the middle east. that should be organized around these bedrock principles -- america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our minds. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our results to defeat them. no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's ability to back up our words. i will put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our...
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it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be original niced around the principles, america must have confidence in our cause. clarity in our purpose. and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i'll restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier attach forces in the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i'll work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace, we must make clear to iran through actions not just words that nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated. i'll reaffirm historic ties to israel abiding com
it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be original niced around the principles, america must have confidence in our cause. clarity in our purpose. and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our...
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it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be organized around these bedrock principles. america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them, and no one anywhere, french or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i'll restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier task forces in both the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i will work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace we must make clear to iran through actions not just words, that there their nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated. i'll reaffirm our histori
it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be organized around these bedrock principles. america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them, and no one anywhere, french or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and...
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both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends around the middle east that support our values and need help defending them. in libya i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. in egypt i'll use our influence, including clear conditions on our aid to urge the new government to represent all egyptians, to build democratic institutions, and to maintain its peace treaty with israel, and we must persuade our friends and allies to place similar stipulation on their aid. in syria i'll work with our partners to identify and organize those members of the opposition that share our values and then insure they obtain the arms they need to defeat ass
both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends around the middle east that support our values and need help defending them. in libya i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. i'll vigorously pursue the...
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welcome back across time to mind you were talking about the arab middle east. politics. ok let's see if i go back to you in london i'll be quite honest with all of us quite appalled by mr obama's address to the united nations i mean is a very american centric view of changes in the in the arab middle east here and it was very much out of american interest which of course you know we can expect that from the president ok but you know again kind of monopolizing the idea of democracy and human rights etc and that's what was your reaction to the president's speech. and there was lots of nice sounding rhetoric and words you think you go as usual and you have to given that this is an election year you have to make excuses in some ways because he he has to pander to the right slightly because of all the accusations it's made against him so i think he's he's thinking about the reelection he's thinking about how he's perceived in terms of his position with regards to israel and palestine so he's making statements that are a lot more right wing than you might expect from a from a
welcome back across time to mind you were talking about the arab middle east. politics. ok let's see if i go back to you in london i'll be quite honest with all of us quite appalled by mr obama's address to the united nations i mean is a very american centric view of changes in the in the arab middle east here and it was very much out of american interest which of course you know we can expect that from the president ok but you know again kind of monopolizing the idea of democracy and human...
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it was mainly a criticism of obama in the middle east. he ticked through about a half dozen areas where he disagreed. for example, lack of support for the iranian, green revolution, watching what's going on in syria. the complete withdrawal from iraq. and, again, he put forward a few areas where i think there are some policy departures but i think it's best judged as a middle east speech, not foreign policy. >> rose: david? >> charlie, on this point i thought what was interesting both in the speech and the briefing that the romney advisors gave to a group of us yesterday ahead of the speech was that he wants to portray president obama as an outliar in america foreign policy. in fact, one of the foreign policy advisors made the point that president obama in his view had departed from 70 years of bipartisan agreement, an agreement in which you sort of focus on your allies first and not on engaging your adversaries. what i think was missing from the speech was any direct engagement with the question of the bush years and the bush doctrine. f
it was mainly a criticism of obama in the middle east. he ticked through about a half dozen areas where he disagreed. for example, lack of support for the iranian, green revolution, watching what's going on in syria. the complete withdrawal from iraq. and, again, he put forward a few areas where i think there are some policy departures but i think it's best judged as a middle east speech, not foreign policy. >> rose: david? >> charlie, on this point i thought what was interesting...
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but i can say this: that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we are seeing and the rising tied of temult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we are going it deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence but i will respond to a couple of things that you mentioned first of all, russia i indicate sad geopolitical foe. >> -- >> excuse me. geopolitical feo. -- foe. iran is the greatest national security threat. russia has battled us in the u.n. i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. i will not say to him i will give you more flexibility after the election. after the election he will get more backbone. number two, with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that's not true. >> you didn't want a status of forces agreement? >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq th
but i can say this: that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we are seeing and the rising tied of temult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we are going it deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence but i will respond to a couple of things that you mentioned first of all, russia i indicate...
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east if the nato and its allies when that are countries of the middle east will fall under western nato control for a big a distro come and if syria is able to resist this lot there's a blood drive on it that will be a setback for him a thaw and that i've been lying. in new york i had you jump in we have very different points of view. i have to partially disagree with flint and. there are undoubtedly foreign forces at play here what he sees the continuation of the cold war in the middle east between iran and saudi arabia between sunni and shiite forces absolutely but i disagree with the point of view that this is just the foreign power struggle no it's not assad regime for many years as a presence on people there's been distinct irruption in that country where many people around in the countryside have been marginalized they have been massive abuses of human rights. so over the years and the syrian people have basically been ruled by the barrel by the gun in that country and what we see is the backlash of many years of oppressive policies by the assad regime so yes there are foreign pla
east if the nato and its allies when that are countries of the middle east will fall under western nato control for a big a distro come and if syria is able to resist this lot there's a blood drive on it that will be a setback for him a thaw and that i've been lying. in new york i had you jump in we have very different points of view. i have to partially disagree with flint and. there are undoubtedly foreign forces at play here what he sees the continuation of the cold war in the middle east...
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he wants to change the reality in the middle east. he wants to rule the governing regime in the middle east. you want to say it and i believe it. if israel has nuclear power, i think everybody knows it is in order to show strength and to avoid another war. and i don't intend to convince you because i know that is something we cannot agree on. but i think if you read my book, you'd need to know the enemy. you need to know the other side. >> look, i'm not ready about, but, but a major op-ed in "the new york times" and you fudged a little bit here and there. >> thank you. [laughter] >> sera, was a pleasure to be here. this is a last-minute trip and a friend of mine and i had read some of your background. i sold everything i've had. it is amazing that one nuclear bomb on tel aviv would wipe out a lot of israelis more than any other city. that's a very scary thought and that is that many of those folks in that region are adamant on. so i agree with you. there is a caliber and fortitude guidance and leadership to make thank you for that. bu
he wants to change the reality in the middle east. he wants to rule the governing regime in the middle east. you want to say it and i believe it. if israel has nuclear power, i think everybody knows it is in order to show strength and to avoid another war. and i don't intend to convince you because i know that is something we cannot agree on. but i think if you read my book, you'd need to know the enemy. you need to know the other side. >> look, i'm not ready about, but, but a major op-ed...
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east, which the middle east has to deal with as it goes along. this is not something we had some time ago. a secularist country and as you well know to dominate the scene, but certainly had a major effect on the scene after the success in turkey. so, religion is something which has to be contended with, which has to be dealt with. and i would suggest to you, this morning that i don't think we have found the ways and means of dealing with religion as a political faction in determining international relations. we have also other aspects of the situation, which would have to be very clear about. first of all, i would like to mention the fact that russia is returning to be a serious actor in the middle east. for over a decade and more, after the dissolution of the soviet union, russia did not play a major role. but this is beginning to change. it began to change after the events in libya, where russia suffered a second setback from his point of view, following the setback it had in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein and the fall of russian influen
east, which the middle east has to deal with as it goes along. this is not something we had some time ago. a secularist country and as you well know to dominate the scene, but certainly had a major effect on the scene after the success in turkey. so, religion is something which has to be contended with, which has to be dealt with. and i would suggest to you, this morning that i don't think we have found the ways and means of dealing with religion as a political faction in determining...
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is the middle east in tumbled? yes. is al qaeda on the run? -- middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the line? yesterday have not seen the progress we need to have to rebut strong leadership and an effort to build a strategy, we the kind piece of the world demand. >> our strategy was not just going after osama bin laden. we created partnerships around the region to do with extremism in somalia, yemen, pakistan. what we have also done is a gauge the government's in the -- engage the government in the kind of reforms that will make a difference and the people's lives day-to-day. to make sure that they are treating women with the kind of respect and dignity that every nation has shown and to make sure they have a free market system that works. across the board, we are engaging them in building capacity in these countries and we have stood on the side of democracy. one thing americans should be proud of when two nations began to protest this nation, me, my administration stood with them earlier than just about any other country. in egypt, we stood on the side of democracy.
is the middle east in tumbled? yes. is al qaeda on the run? -- middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the line? yesterday have not seen the progress we need to have to rebut strong leadership and an effort to build a strategy, we the kind piece of the world demand. >> our strategy was not just going after osama bin laden. we created partnerships around the region to do with extremism in somalia, yemen, pakistan. what we have also done is a gauge the government's in the -- engage the...
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russia is a middle east power. alongside the united states, is beginning to show its mettle in one way or another this catapults the middle east back into the realm of international politics, into what was once the big divide for so many years between the united states and the soviet union. the end of the cold war, the fact that in desert storm, the first iraqi war, russia, the soviet union actually, fought alongside the united states, it was part of the coalition which confronted saddam hussain, if you will remember that particular event in history, an interesting event. after that, there was a change. and russia succeeded into the background for a few years. now they are coming back. the middle east is becoming again a scene of international conflict. it is something which cannot be ignored and cannot be denied. and then we have iran. i do not mention iran to direct my duty as an is really geared we do not mention iran. we have iran which is now undergoing a very difficult time period in its history. it has resum
russia is a middle east power. alongside the united states, is beginning to show its mettle in one way or another this catapults the middle east back into the realm of international politics, into what was once the big divide for so many years between the united states and the soviet union. the end of the cold war, the fact that in desert storm, the first iraqi war, russia, the soviet union actually, fought alongside the united states, it was part of the coalition which confronted saddam...
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we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east have an agenda. attacking is not talking about how to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. and i said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear rised on this. i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia and i'm not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election, he'll get more backbone. with regards to iraq, we agreed that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq to tie us down. that would not help us in the middle east. >> i'm sorry. there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement and i concurred i
we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east have an agenda. attacking is not talking about how to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. and i said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us...
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you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what do you see when you hear about the use of the term like "unraveling of foreign policy"? >> well, i would say that we're clearly... the hope that president obama could sort of turn things around from the bush administration doesn't seem to have been fulfilled. you know, i think zbigniew is right, to some degree what happened there was president obama in those early weeks made the sort of claim in a sense that he was going to start a new relationship with the islamic world and pressuring israel to stop all settlements in the middle east is what he was going to do. unfortunately that was something he was not able to deliver on, probably shouldn't have made the pledge. but in any case, once that happened, the palestinians pretty mu
you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what do you see when you hear about the use of the term like "unraveling of foreign policy"? >> well, i would say that we're clearly... the hope that president...
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but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east, aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> watch his speech, read the speech, wolf. and, you know, i heard him say that in the arab world, in iran, he seems indifferent to the struggles of people on our side. i heard a lot of tone, but not a lot of specifics. are you with me? what did you hear? >> he was referring to what he called the weak reaction from the obama administration to the uprising, if you will, in iran, a couple of years ago, when there were protests. people were angry and the u.s. was on the sidelines, the president did not directly speak out and the explanation that the administration at the time gave was that the opposition didn't want this to appear to be the opposition to the ayatollahs, standing up in iran, with the backing of united states. that could
but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east, aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> watch his speech, read the speech, wolf. and, you know, i heard him say that in the arab world, in iran, he seems indifferent to the struggles of people...
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at a steady throughout middle east history. so in 2002, i contacted a friend of mine, who happens to be the minister of education and he was in academia and the traveling to syria for years i met a lot of academics. being an academic myself. and bashar but a lot of these people into government. i don't know about academics being a government, but many people felt that the time that bringing academic technocrats, that maybe he would take the country in a different direction. so i contacted the minister for education and he contacted bashar. two years almost to the day later, the ambassador, the syrian ambassador of the united states the time called me a pen was also a friend and academic in the past, computer science at damascus university prior to becoming ambassador. he said david, it's on. i'd forgotten about this will mean. i said what is on? he said well, the president was to meet with you. and so i met with him in may and june of that you're extensively. i interviewed his wife in many other syrian officials. >> host: what
at a steady throughout middle east history. so in 2002, i contacted a friend of mine, who happens to be the minister of education and he was in academia and the traveling to syria for years i met a lot of academics. being an academic myself. and bashar but a lot of these people into government. i don't know about academics being a government, but many people felt that the time that bringing academic technocrats, that maybe he would take the country in a different direction. so i contacted the...
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. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened? governor romney, he said this was an example of an american policy in the middle east that is unraveling before our very eyes. i'd like to hear each of you give your thoughts on that. governor romney, you won the toss. you go first. >> thank you, bob, and thank you for agreeing to moderate this debate this evening. thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here, mr. president, it is good to be with you again. we were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and it's nice to maybe be funny this time not on purpose. this is an area
. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was...
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that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. excuse me, it's a geopolitical foe, and in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin, and i'm certainly not going to say to him i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election he'll get more backbone. number two, with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that's not true. >> you didn't want it? >
that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe....
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i can say this, that we are talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the terrorism we are seeing and rising tide of tumult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we will deal with challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. >> number one -- >> excuse me. a geopolitical foe. i said in the same paragraph and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i will not wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia and mr. putin, and i will not say to him i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election he will get more backbone. number two, with regard to iraq, you and i agreed that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that's not true. >> oh you didn't? you did not want a status of for
i can say this, that we are talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the terrorism we are seeing and rising tide of tumult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we will deal with challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. >>...
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jenna: so much of the news is around the middle east. we've heard from mitt romney with his foreign policy speech yesterday very much focused on the middle east. you say as americans we have to pay attention to two, big main actors in the world today, and that is china and russia, why? >> because, yes, syria, iran, north korea, they do threaten us, what makes them inch seeding lee dangerous is they have the backing of both moscow and beijing. without the backing they won't be able to do very much. also terrorists would be much easier to deal with if they didn't have state sponsors of terrorism. many of those state sponsors are in turn sponsored by beijing. jenna: when russia and china
jenna: so much of the news is around the middle east. we've heard from mitt romney with his foreign policy speech yesterday very much focused on the middle east. you say as americans we have to pay attention to two, big main actors in the world today, and that is china and russia, why? >> because, yes, syria, iran, north korea, they do threaten us, what makes them inch seeding lee dangerous is they have the backing of both moscow and beijing. without the backing they won't be able to do...
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to the edge of the middle east. and so today, we had a second part inside the middle east and that is iran. those two hearts with their particular allies are causing this a growing second global cold war. not the first indication we have of god is the reincarnation of the second era of cold war. this we know we heard about is the conflict, the proxy war if you will between iran and saudi arabia. it's patterned very much on the first arab cold war, where we had the allies of the united states in the west in the form of the sunni monarchies led by saudi arabia. again, the soviet secular radicals. today, we have a slightly different shift. we still have saudi arabia backed by the west and those being called the moderates that now we have iran of which the opposite side would be called from this did the islamist extremists. that pours is centered very much on the conflict side area between them. and we of course have theater, which has come up and there's a second course the map. this of course is a very different kind
to the edge of the middle east. and so today, we had a second part inside the middle east and that is iran. those two hearts with their particular allies are causing this a growing second global cold war. not the first indication we have of god is the reincarnation of the second era of cold war. this we know we heard about is the conflict, the proxy war if you will between iran and saudi arabia. it's patterned very much on the first arab cold war, where we had the allies of the united states in...
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. >> we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and rising tide of tumult and confusion and attacking me is not an agenda. >> we have things called aircraft carriers where planes land land on them. ships that go under water and nuclear submarines. so the question is not, a game of battleship where we're counting ships. it is, what are our capabilities. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and to saudi arabia and to turkey and iraq. and, by the way, you skipped israel. our closest friend in the region but you went to the other nations. and by the way, they noticed that you skipped israel. >> a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest go owe political threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda, russia. 1980s are calling to ask for their foreign policy back. the cold war is over for 20 years. >> congratulate him taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. we can't kill our way out of this mess. >> your strategy, previously has been one that has been all ove
. >> we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and rising tide of tumult and confusion and attacking me is not an agenda. >> we have things called aircraft carriers where planes land land on them. ships that go under water and nuclear submarines. so the question is not, a game of battleship where we're counting ships. it is, what are our capabilities. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and to...
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east and via the middle east into africa. air for shame which dealt with the soviet union particularly in the arms field, brutally crushed their communist parties. the failure of pan arabism has many causes. one cause which i don't think is received much attention in the west is theoretical organizational. at the time of the collapse, of the egyptian syrian union in 1961, there wasn't one single piece of serious writing in arabic about union confederation. nothing, not one single piece. i vividly remember how stunned we were at the collapse of the union. why did this happen? and then it struck us, there was nothing in writing, nothing approximating anywhere near the federal newspapers. the founders of this great country since i don't know how many hundreds of hours thinking through the mechanics, the mechanics of federation, how to get there and how to keep it going. absolutely nothing of the sort in the air for. actually what happened was we looked at a massive comparative study of federation compiled five carl friedrich. it
east and via the middle east into africa. air for shame which dealt with the soviet union particularly in the arms field, brutally crushed their communist parties. the failure of pan arabism has many causes. one cause which i don't think is received much attention in the west is theoretical organizational. at the time of the collapse, of the egyptian syrian union in 1961, there wasn't one single piece of serious writing in arabic about union confederation. nothing, not one single piece. i...
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>> we shot -- well, what we did was that some of the parts of the middle, middle, middle, middle east were a little bit much for us. >> jimmy: too much. >> so we went to the -- [ mumbling ] which was turkey. [ light laughter ] and it was very, like, you know, friendly and cool. and part of -- and people were really nice. and it was just like -- it was wonderful, actually. they had this incredible -- you could take a bridge from asia to europe. you know what i mean? and one of the guys i was with literally thought that when you went over the bridge, it was, like, chinatown. i'm like, "no, dude. that's not how it works." [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no, not how that works. >> but anyway, so we were shooting there and i thought, well, we're next to iran. and i really needed, for the sake of realism, these farsi speaking iranians. and we went there and we couldn't get -- like, literally, the casting director was like, "ben, i cannot find one person for you." i was like, not one person? no, they couldn't speak farsi. he said, well, they're afraid of
>> we shot -- well, what we did was that some of the parts of the middle, middle, middle, middle east were a little bit much for us. >> jimmy: too much. >> so we went to the -- [ mumbling ] which was turkey. [ light laughter ] and it was very, like, you know, friendly and cool. and part of -- and people were really nice. and it was just like -- it was wonderful, actually. they had this incredible -- you could take a bridge from asia to europe. you know what i mean? and one of...